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SnowPro Core Certification · Snowflake
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Internal stages: Data is stored inside Snowflake-managed cloud storage → Snowflake charges you for this storage. External stages: Data lives in your own cloud storage (AWS S3, Azure Blob, GCS). Snowflake still bills you for metadata operations and access, but the cloud provider separately charges for the storage itself. So, from the perspective of a Snowflake account: yes, you incur charges for both — either directly (internal) or indirectly (external).
The external stage is not part of Snowflake, so Snowflake does not store or manage the stage
Snowflake doesn't charge for both,B.False